Re: [Gnumed-devel] display problem under OS X

[J Busser]

At 8:07 PM +0200 8/9/04, Sebastian Hilbert wrote:

> A little off topic . What is equivalent
> in MAC world to an AMD Duron 1GHz PC ?
> It should be able to run MacOSX I
> guess.

Based on the info below, I suspect Mac OS X would be quite sluggish, if it would even work (would it) on a non-powerPC processor?

Taken from:

http://www.infohq.com/Computer/desktop-cpu-speed.shtml

Desktop CPU Speed Comparison
Listed Fastest to Slowest.

 1 GHz (gigahertz) = 1000 MHz (megahertz)

Best Performers
 1. AMD Athlon 64 FX - FX-51 series at 2.2 GHz

 2. Power Mac G5 at 1.6GHz, 1.8GHz, and dual 2GHz (64 Bit, 1 GHz bus)

 6. AMD Athlon XP 2200+, 2400+, 2600+, 2800+, 3000+ and 3200+ (0.13 microns)

 7. Apple PowerPC G4 800, 867, 933, 1000, 1250 and 1042 MHz

 10. AMD Athlon XP 1500+, 1600+, 1700+, 1800+, 1900+, 2000+, and 2100+

On the Way Out

 1. Apple PowerPC G4 466, 533, 667, 700, 733, 800, and 867 MHz (Motorola MPC 7450)

 4. AMD Athlon Thunderbird 750 - 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1333, and 1400 MHz (with full speed L2 cache)

 5. AMD Duron (Morgan core) 1, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 GHz

 9. Apple PowerPC G4 400, 450, and 500 MHz (Motorola MPC 7400/7410)